From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Peter Subject: Re: Xen Project Spectre/Meltdown FAQ Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 08:22:34 +1300 Message-ID: References: <888C1DAE-2B56-4D59-8529-D9DEA410BB9E@gmail.com> <20180107150029.GA2935@mail-itl> <2ff9538c98ece66b66da2484a7b7d67c@randomwebstuff.com> <30d1c766-eee6-9af3-3770-05dad888294b@suse.com> <4A0D5682-1292-43E9-BBDA-331B3CEF15A4@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: Received: from all-amaz-eas1.inumbo.com ([34.197.232.57]) by lists.xenproject.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eZiR8-0000Kw-CP for xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; Thu, 11 Jan 2018 19:22:50 +0000 In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xenproject.org Sender: "Xen-devel" To: Lars Kurth Cc: Juergen Gross , xen-devel , Doug Goldstein List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org 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